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Sunday, December 11, 2016

Trump Voters: Living in Alternate State of Reality

Past studies have shown that those who get their "news" exclusively from Fox News are among the least informed Americans. Add in "news" outlets like Breitbart and alt-right forums and one ends up with a world view that can only be described as delusional or detached from objective reality. Now, analysis of new PPP Poll reveals that Trump voters are indeed severely detached from reality. Yes, "friends" who voted for Der Fuhrer - or Lord Voldermort as one friend refers to him - will not like the results of the poll results, but liking the truth does not make it any less the truth. Daily Kos looks at the poll findings as outlined by Rachel Maddow. Here are excerpts:

Rachel started
the segment by pointing out that President Obama's overall approval rating is
at 50%. However, while his favorability with Republicans is 9%, it is only 5%
of Trump voters.

President Obama's
overall approval rating is at 50%. However, while his favorability with
Republicans is 9%, it is only 5% of Trump voters.

Rachel then
pivoted to issue after issue where a large percentage of Trump voters were
severely misinformed. They live in a virtually fact-free or made-up-fact
environment.

The stock market
under President Obama soared. The Dow Jones Industrial average went from
7,949.09 to 19,614.91, again, up 11,665.72. In other words, it more than
doubled. 39% of Trump voters think the stock market went down under Obama.

Unemployment dropped from 7.8% to
4.6% during the Obama administration. Clinton, Johnson, Stein and other
voters are well aware of that fact. But not Donald Trump voters; 67% of
them believe unemployment rose under President Obama.

Rachel continued.·40% of Trump voters believe that
Donald Trump won the popular vote.

·29% of Trump voters believe
California vote should not be included in the popular vote.

[W]hat
Trump voters believe about the world is distinctively different from what the
rest of the country believe," Rachel said. "And from what is true.
And this is an alternate reality that they are in, -- it is weird enough
and specific enough that you can't say it just springs from broader a
misunderstandings or from a broader ignorance on issues that afflicts the
country. And this is a specific alternate reality that was created by the Trump
movement for a political purpose. And it worked for that political purpose.

And
now as the Trump administration takes shape, they have to know that they are in
power thanks to their voter base that has these false beliefs about the
country. False beliefs about the country, false beliefs about the economy,
false beliefs about the outgoing president, false beliefs about what California
is. In terms of what happens next in our country, it seems important to know
this incoming president basically created this fantasy life for his
supporters."

One of the
reasons Trump may want to keep the rallies going is to ensure his base remains
ill-informed. Given his agenda, he will depend on that ignorance lest his
draconian policies are dead on arrival.

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